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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 3228478, member: 1052"] With all due, Geno does not win them all. At the [URL='https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/event/p/cid//sid/2901/tid/0/_/2001_FIBA_U19_Women_s_World_Championship/index.html']2001 FIBA U-19 World Championship for Women[/URL], Geno Auriemma was coaching Team USA, with Diana Taurasi, Alana Beard, and Nicole Powell (among others) on the team. After breezing through the early rounds, [URL='https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/5/rid/245/sid/2901/_/2001_World_Championship_for_Junior_Women/statistic.html']Team USA was upset in the semifinals[/URL] by the Czech Republic [URL='https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/5/rid/246/sid/2901/_/2001_World_Championship_for_Junior_Women/statistic.html']before bouncing back to beat Australia for the bronze medal[/URL]. It is arguably more challenging for Team USA, which takes the best players after tryouts, to go up against a national team system that has the same players in its development program playing for years and years together. Using Australia as an example: ---- Miela Goodchild, Chelsea D’Angelo, Shyla Heal, and Isabella Bourne were all members of Australia’s team for the [URL='https://www.fiba.basketball/oceania/u17women/2017/Australia']2017 FIBA U17 Women’s Oceania Championship[/URL] – and were on Australia’s U19 roster this year. ---- Miela Goodchild, Jazmin Shelley, Isobel Antsey, Ula Motuga, Agnes Emma-Nnopu, Lily Scanlon, and Samantha Simons all were all members of Australia’s team for the [URL='https://www.fiba.basketball/asia/u18awomen/2018/team/Australia']2018 FIBA U18 Women’s Asian Championship[/URL] – and were on Australia’s U19 roster this year. [/QUOTE]

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